APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION / TAX INVOICE
Name
Business name
ABN
Phone number
Postal address
City / Town
State
Postcode
Country if not Australia
Email address
Brief description of your practice
Studio Woodworkers Australia is a national organisation providing support and benefits to practising professional
designer-makers and artists working in wood. SWA fosters high level skills and innovation among members and facilitates
the promotion of members and their craft to the Australian and international community.
Existing General Members are encouraged to apply for accreditation and receive greater profile and extra benefits.
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I am a General Member of SWA and make this application to become an Accredited Member.
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I agree to have my name and contact details (City/ town/ suburb & phone numbers only) and description of my
practice (based on information below) placed in the Gallery in the Directory of Members on the SWA website.
Please supply the following with this application:
1. Maker’s statement: 300-400 words.
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Scope of practice: what you make eg. furniture, bowls, objects, clocks...
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Source of designing and making ideas: what influences your design ideas: materials, forms, historical,
cultural, aesthetic, social...
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Experience: training, length of time, previous occupations...
 Approach to woodworking practice: solo studio? group workshop? employ staff? contract out? make and teach?
 Exhibitions/commissions/collections: examples that demonstrate what potential clients might be interested in.
2. Photographs and captions:
 Please supply up to 12 digital images of your work .
 Please supply one portrait digital image of yourself .
 Work should be professionally photographed on a plain or neutral background, with even lighting.
 To be sent as professional quality images at a fine or high-resolution camera setting of at least 2480 x 3508
pixels, as jpegs of about 5MB, to be able to print out at least at 300dpi at A4 size.
 These will be filed by SWA and adapted for the web page, and any other future project that may be offered to
and discussed with you.
 Images must be accompanied by a list of explanatory captions including:
Name of maker, form of work (eg. table), title (if any), year made, materials, processes. Dimensions (h. x w. x d.
cm). Photo: by . . . (Photographic credit will be included if provided.)
 Each image must be identified with a code that links to the list of captions (eg: your initials, number, object; for
example ‘XX, 3, side table’. )
3. Referees : Contact details of 2 referees for your professional practice (email address and/or phone number)
4. Your CV : ( eg. biography, education, employment, exhibitions, commissions, reviews etc)
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Sign or type your name
Date (D/M/Y)
Application fee including GST:
$550 (and $220 pa in subsequent years)
(Send to SWA bank account: details below. Note: fee refundable if application unsuccessful)
Completed applications to be returned to:
BSB 032691 Account 375392
accreditation @studiowoodworkers.org.au
Reference: “membership” & your name
Images may be sent by:
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post on a CD/DVD or USB stick to Steve Harper, 12 Burradar Ave Engadine NSW 2233.
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up to 5MB file size attached singly to emails, send to accreditation @studiowoodworkers.org.au
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for Dropbox instructions email Steve Harper at accreditation @studiowoodworkers.org.au
Further enquiries to Rob Walsh 0401714447 or email membership@studiowoodworkers.org.au
Studio Woodworkers Australia Limited. www.studiowoodworkers.org.au Registered Office: Artist’s Studios 16 Meroo St
Bomaderry NSW 2541. ABN 83 152 051 691 ACN 152 051 691. Incorporated as a limited liability company.